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they are death to any tree. Maples, and even elms in many 
parts of the United States, may well give place to the 
linden. 
Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa (Fig. 173), often called 
Rattleweed, as the seeds will rattle in the pod, and Carpen- 
ter’s Square, as it has a square stalk, is an insignificant look- 
Fic. 174. 
Chapman's Honey Plant. 
ing weed, with inconspicuous flowers, that afford abundant 
nectar from the middle of July till frost. I have received 
almost as many for identification as I have of the asters 
and golden rods. Prof. Beal remarked to mea year or 
two since, that it hardly seemed possible that it could be 
so valuable. We cannot always rightly estimate by appear- 
ances alone. It is a very valuable plant to be scattered in 
waste places. The Chapman’s honey plant, Echinops 
spherocephalus (Fig. 174), commences to bloom late in 
July and continues tillin August. It takes its first name 
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